Netanya, city, west-central Israel. It lies on the Mediterranean coast, 19 miles (30 km) north of Tel Aviv–Yafo. Because of its proximity to the West Bank, the city was a frequent target of bombings by Palestinian terrorists at the beginning of the 21st
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Over 1.9 million Arabs live in Israel and constitute 21% of the total population. Despite being a disadvantaged minority population with wide gaps in health indicators, Arabs have higher Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MM
Populations of nations, regions, continents, islands, or cities, however, are rarely closed in the same way. If the assumption of a closed population is relaxed, in- and out-migration can increase and decrease population size in the same way as do births and deaths; thus, the population (...
Population trends of world Jewry. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, Institute of Contemporary Jewry. Google Scholar ———. 1977. The population of Israel. Paris/Jerusalem: CICRED/The Hebrew University and Demographic Center, Prime Minister’s Office. Google Scholar Barack Fishman, S. 2004. ...
In 2005, Israel began using desalination to augment limited natural water supplies. While desalination has helped Israel overcome chronic water shortages, high-population growth may test this approach. We examine how three population growth scenarios (lo
The few exceptions included lower carrier rates for cystic fibrosis among Muslim Arabs (1:236) and Druze (1:1,021) and Niemann-Pick type A among Muslim Arabs in a delineated region of Israel (1:229). Conclusion: The national population genetic carrier screening is aimed toward providing ...
4,5 A landmark study of population-based screening in the Ashkenazi Jewish population of Israel, a known population at high risk of HBOC, showed that 50% of families with HBOC sequence variations would be missed using family history–based testing alone6; this finding was later confirmed in ...
numbers after 1800, but its numbers have been greatly reduced by wars,pogroms, theHolocaust, and emigration (since the creation of the Moldovanrepublic, there has been considerable emigration of Jews toRussia,Ukraine, and Israel). Less than one-tenth of Moldova’s residents consider themselves ...
During theCold War, Egypt’s central role in the Arabic-speaking world increased its geopolitical importance as Arab nationalism and inter-Arab relations became powerful and emotional political forces in theMiddle EastandNorth Africa. Egypt led the Arab states in a series of wars againstIsraelbut ...